For a large proportion of the South African population social welfare grants are an important source of income. Rapid increases in government expenditure on social security between 2000 and 2006 has further increased poor households’ reliance on welfare grants and has been important in the fi...

This country study evaluates the experience of the South African economy with respect to growth, poverty and inequality trends since the advent of democracy in 1994. The post-apartheid government took a definite turn toward greater spending on social security, while job creation and a narrowing...

What prevents the unemployed in Khayelitsha, South Africa from trying self-employment? Perceptions of a small group of academic economists are presented and compared to the perceptions of unemployed Khayelitsha residents themselves. The largest differences in view-points are that a) academics...

With Pioneer Foods admitting to its involvement in milled wheat and milled white maize cartels as well as engaging in general exclusionary conduct, there was little suspense over the existence of most egregious offenses in competition law and the subsequent harm to consumers and competition. For...

For a large proportion of the South African population, social welfare grants are an important source of income. Since 2000, rapid increases in government expenditure on social security have further enhanced the contribution of welfare grants to the income of poor households and have thus been...

This country study evaluates the experience of the South African economy with respect to growth, poverty and inequality trends since the advent of democracy in 1994. The post-apartheid government took a definite turn toward greater spending on social security, while job creation and a narrowing...

Introduction / Tembinkosi Bonakele, Eleanor M. Fox, and Liberty Mncube -- Towards a broader view of competition policy / Joseph E. Stiglitz -- Outsider antitrust : making markets work for people as a post-millennium development goal / Eleanor M. Fox -- The case for a BRICS competition agenda /...